Zin Fest Updates – Coming!

While my muse wine of choice is chilling in the fridge (a D’Autrefois Pinot Noir Rosé ), I’m finally downloading the footage from the video camera into the laptop so that I can start posting away. What to expect?

The Wineaux Guy and I did some reviews of Zinfandels and other wines while there, and we did one-minute commentaries on the various Zins that we tasted at the Grand Tasting. But the most memorable part of this is the hat.

Rod (Wineaux Guy) and my good friend Don are both Mad Hatters. Just like I will purchase a book at the drop of a, well, *hat,* they will buy hats without the slightest hesitation. The hat was an instant hit with all of our friends up there, and I know that you will enjoy his expertise in the wine reviews.

So stay tuned for the videos to come. There was a lot of footage taken over the weekend, and there will loads to share (and to cut, edit, review, blah blah blah)!

By the way, ignore my chins in the videos. They will be much reduced by the middle of summer, I promise.

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In addition, the wine itself has direct contact with the plastic bag, which is a permeable, petrochemical-based material. If the wine has any decent acid in it, that immediately should be cause for concern.

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You’d think that having all of those beautiful experiences among the stunning scenery and environment of wine country would make me long to be a winemaker. And you would be wrong. Oh so very, very wrong.

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The cork forest sucks up CO2 which is generated in part by the plastic and aluminum refining processes. “Endocrine disrupter” is not a phrase you’ll see in relationship to cork. And there’s no such thing as a “cork spill.”

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“There has never been a peer reviewed or scientific study done to corroborate the outlandish claims of 5-10% spoilage of wines due to the natural cork closure. This a fallacy, perpetuated by those with a vested, financial interest in selling alternative closures. I’m happy to have you quote me on that.”